Absolutely true. It is also true that Abraham never realized all that God gave him.Hi @KingJ,
Yes, I agree, KingJ. He also believed that God would raise His Son from the dead, which he did indeed in a figure - for the promises God had made to him, necessitated his Son to live.
'By faith Abraham,
when he was tried,
offered up Isaac:
and he that had received the promises
offered up his only begotten son,
Of whom it was said,
That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Accounting that God was able to raise him up,
even from the dead;
from whence also he received him in a figure.'
(Heb 11:17-19)
However living in a tent, was indeed part of the faith he had in God's Word. He lived within the land promised to him by God, as a stranger, a sojourner, in a tent, having no continuing city, (Heb. 13:14) for he looked for a city, whose builder and maker was God (Heb.11:10).
Praise God!
In Christ Jesus
Chris
Heb. 11:13........
"These all died in faith not having received the promises but having seen them afar off and were persuaded of them and embraced them...........".
It is in the 1000 year rule of Christ that the promise will be realized and he will actually BE IN the Promised Land given to him.